Net attachment for hammocks



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NET ATTACHMENT TOR HAMMOGKS.

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A. NIGKBRSON. l .INET ATTACHMENT FOR HAMMOGKS. No. 326,321. e Patented Sept. 15, 1885.

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AMOS NTOKERSON, OE BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

NET ATTACHMENT FOR HAMMOCKS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 326,321, dated September 15, 1885.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, Aivios N ioKEEsoN,of Boston, (Somervi1le,) in the county of Middlesex and State of Massachusetts, haveinvented a new and useful Improvement in Mosquito-Net Attachments for Hammocks,of which the following, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, is a specification.

The object of my invention is to combine with a hammock a frame that shall serve asan opener or stretcher for the hammock,and also as a frame andsupport for a mosquito-net. I attain this object by the mechanism shown in, the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure l is a perspective View showing my improved mosquitonet attachment for haml mocks as it appears when the mosquito-net is closed, the net entirely enveloping the hammock. Fig. 2 shows the hammock in perspective with that part of the mosquitonet that forms the door77 being open. Fig. 3 is a cross-section, showing one of the hoops or frames, partly in elevation and partly in sec-.

, mock-supports C G' by being gathered closely tion.

The hammock proper, A A., may be made in any of the desired styles and of any size and quality. At each end of the hammock I place a frame consisting of cross-bars D D', the ends of which are securely fastened to socket-pieces E E' F F'. (See Fig. 3.) Between these bars D D', I coniine the hammocknetting A, the meshes of which are kept apart by pins d dor by any other suitable device. The barsD D'are clamped together by thumbscrews S S, and swing or open on the hinge D, which is a part of the socket-pieces F F'. The ends of the bars D D' are securely fastened J to the socket-pieces by screws or rivets.

N and M representsemicircular pieces, the ends of which are made fast to the socketpieces, as shown in Fig. 3, forming together a complete hoop, in the center of which the Application filed May 4, 1885. (No model.)

ends of the hammock are held by the bars D D', as has been already stated. I have one of the above-described hoops at each end of the hammock, as shown in Figs. l and 2. These hoops serve as a frame-work to hold the mosquito-netting H H H' H' in the proper positionthat is,entirel y inclosing the hammock. For convenience in getting into or out of the halnmock,I have, in connection with such hoop N M, a curved bar, K, hinged to the hoop at L. This curved bar has attached to its outer side a part of the mosquito-netting, the the edge of said netting dropping to quitea distance below the point lP,where the hoops join, as indicated by P', Fig. 3, so that when the curved bars K K are brought down onto the hoop, as indicated at Figs. l and 3, then the mosquito-netting entirely surrounds and incloses the hammock. To enter the hammock the bars K K are thrown back,as indicated in Fig. 2. This leaves free access to the hammock.

The mosquito-netting is attached to the hamabout them and there secured by cords. The netting is made fast to the hoops N N and bars K Kby gimp and tacks orlby any other suitable means.

This inosquitonet attachment may be readily applied to any hammock.

I claim as my invention- In a han1mock,the combination of the hammock-net Aand stretcher-bars D D', having socket-pieces E E' F F', with the scmicircular pieces N M, curved bars K K, and netting H H H' H'. all operating together substantially as described, and for the purpose set forth.

AMOS NICKERSON.

It is hereby certified that the residence of the patentee in Letters Patent N o. 326,321, granted September 15, 1885, upon the application of Amos Nickerson, for an improvement in Net Attachments for Hammocks, was erroneously written and printed Boston, Metssechusettsf7 Whereas said residence should have been written and printed Somerville, Massachusetts;.and that the said Letters Patent should be read with this correction therein that the saune may conform to the record of the case in the Patent Office. i

Signed, countersigned, and sealed this 8th day of December, A. D. 1885.

[SEAL] H.v L. MULDROW, Acting Secretary of the Interior.

Countersigned:

M. V. MONTGOMERY,

Commissioner of Patents. 

